Jump to Conclusions

1. Jump to Conclusions Friday, September 21st, 2012

2. SPONGE Directions:Copy 5 sentences below. Circle the preposition. Underline the prepositional phrase. Put a rectangle around the object of the preposition.Some sentences have more than one prepositional phrase. 1. It is an area with a beautiful view of sand and sea.2. The table of contents is found near the front of the book.3. The geographical center of the United States is in Kansas.4. The first automobile show was held in New York City in 1900.5. The inventor of the telephone was born in Scotland.6. We stayed inside the building during the storm.7. The box on the table should be taken to the storeroom before lunch.8. The tempo of the music was too fast for me.9. The bridge across the stream was destroyed.10. A box of rusty nails was in the garage.

3. ACTIVATOR Essential Question: How can a conclusion become a persuasion tool? Conclusion Jeopardy!

4. Conclusions Continued What must a successful conclusion have? What are some key ways to conclude?

5. Which conclusion is used here? Challenge the reader Synthesize In conclusion, I recommend that you enjoy reading more often. There are excellent reasons for doing it;  you just have to want to expand your knowledge and your culture, to improve your imagination and also your vocabulary. I know that we should evolve with the technology; that is, it is good to know how to navigate in the internet, but we must also not forget the books. Try to choose good books at the beginning, and then I ensure you that you never will stop reading.

6. Which conclusion is used here? In the past years the use of the television and the internet has increased; this situation has caused many people to change their likes and the way that they enjoy their free time.  Because of television and the internet, many people spend less time reading, so the purpose for this essay is to present reasons why people should read just for pleasure.  The reasons that I give you are quite simple: to improve your knowledge, to expand your general culture, to have more fun, to make your imagination fly, to find new ways to express your ideas, and finally to expand your vocabulary. The first reason that I give you to enjoy reading is that when you read, you can expand your knowledge and also your culture. There are a lot of good books in which you can find history, novels, tragedies, comedies and a variety of other themes. You can see that people who read more often frequently have a bigger knowledge of life and also a bigger perspective of their environment.  I think that fact gives them an advantage over all others who do not read frequently. The second reason to read more often is that through books you can have fun and even travel in your imagination.  Children have not yet lost the ability of getting  into their dreams, and because of this, in their first years the parents read a lot of tales  in which they use their imagination. Adults should try to keep this ability, so we do not forget the importance of the use of the imagination. The imagination also represents a tool that could help you to develop your professional career in a creative way. Finally, the third and the most important feature that reading offers you is that it does not matter the age that you have, you always could expand your vocabulary and the ways to express your ideas to the others in a simple and correct form. By the time you can improve the kind of books that you read, there are a lot of categories, so you will never stop learning from the pleasure of reading. People who know how to choose a book generally have the capability of choosing a formal book in which they can find formal grammatical structures and obviously a formal vocabulary.  All these things allow them to gain greater fluency in their communication. In conclusion, I recommend that you enjoy reading more often. There are excellent reasons for doing it;  you just have to want to expand your knowledge and your culture, to improve your imagination and also your vocabulary. I know that we should evolve with the technology; that is, it is good to know how to navigate in the internet, but we must also not forget the books. Try to choose good books at the beginning, and then I ensure you that you never will stop reading.

7. Which conclusion is used here? Since the service sector is one of the most important ones in the U.S. , it must be very well organized and it must always satisfy the needs of clients. Clients are not only Americans but also tourists who come every year. All of them are also victims of our bad services. If we are paying for a service, we do not need to endure bad moods or receive something we were not looking for. We must complain. This way, we will give people the opportunity to change and we will improve not only as employers but also as persons. Otherwise, we will continue to represent the image of a mediocre country.

8. The service sector is a very important economic activity. Services include hotels, restaurants, schools, stores, etc. When we pay for a service, even if they are not selling us an object, they still must satisfy our needs. When we do not receive what we expect, we are not satisfied and we are paying for something that is not worth it. My purpose in this paper is to explain the benefits of complaining so we can have enough reasons to act against bad or poor service. When bad service is given and no one complains about it, people in the enterprise think they are doing a good job and they do not realize they are losing clients. People prefer just to walk away rather than talking. The consequence is that this enterprise will keep giving the same bad service. This is the first benefit of complaining: We will let them know what are they doing wrong and we will give them the chance to improve. Consequently, they will take actions to satisfy not only you who complained, but also the rest of the clients who did not dare or bother to complain and had the same need as you. Another benefit of complaining is that the bad concept that people had about certain enterprises with bad service will change. The enterprise's reputation will improve and they will start offering service with quality thanks to previous complaints. If the service sector improves in quality, the social and economic system will also improve. The third benefit of complaining about bad service is that people who work in this sector will need to be more prepared and more open to hear their clients. If we have the habit of complaining when something does not satisfy us, enterprises will give us the respect we deserve as clients and the service we are looking for. They will understand they need to be nice and to improve. For such things, they need to have good job training and interest in what they do or work on. Since the service sector is one of the most important ones in the U.S. , it must be very well organized and it must always satisfy the needs of clients. Clients are not only Americans but also tourists who come every year. All of them are also victims of our bad services. If we are paying for a service, we do not need to endure bad moods or receive something we were not looking for. We must complain. This way, we will give people the opportunity to change and we will improve not only as employers but also as persons. Otherwise, we will continue to represent the image of a mediocre country.

9. WORK PERIOD Pull out a sheet of notebook paper and head it with your name, date, and class period. In the top, center, label it “In-Class Essay #1”

10. WRITING PROMPT Writing Situation Most families assign chores to their children. Families need to work together, and having the children of the house help out teaches responsibility. However, many children and teens object to having these chores imposed upon them. What is your opinion? Directions for Writing Do you think that children should have assigned chores to do at home, or do you think you have enough to do already? Write an essay to convince the adults in your family of your point of view regarding the children and teens being required to do chores at home. Be clear in your opinion, and use specific details and examples to support your ideas.

11. TAP(P) • Let’s dissect the prompt: • T(opic): Should kids do chores? • Choose “yes” or “no” • A(udience): Adults in the family • P(urpose): To Persuade • Go ahead and brainstorm some reasons to support your position (“yes” or “no” to chores)

12. WRITING PROMPT Writing Situation Most families assign chores to their children. Families need to work together, and having the children of the house help out teaches responsibility. However, many children and teens object to having these chores imposed upon them. What is your opinion? Directions for Writing Do you think that children should have assigned chores to do at home, or do you think you have enough to do already? Write an essay to convince the adults in your family of your point of view regarding the children and teens being required to do chores at home. Be clear in your opinion, and use specific details and examples to support your ideas.

13. CLOSING Summary Ball: As a ball is tossed to students at random, you must share one thing you learned in class this week.

14. HOMEWORK On a sheet of notebook paper write or draw a time you were persuasive this upcoming weekend.